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No. 626,8l7. Patented lune i3, i899. A. W. POWELL.

MINERS CANDLESTICK.

' (Application filed Mar. 25, 1899.)

(No Model.)

ing the candle, which it holds.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLEN w. POWELL, 0E LEAD CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALE TO EUGENE MOPIIEE, 0E SAME PLAcE.

MINERS CANDLESTIQK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,817, dated June-.13, 1899.

Serial No.710,513. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALLEN WV. POWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lead City, in 'the county of Lawrence and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candlesticks for Miners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention relates to metallic candlesticks for miners; and it consists in con structing them as hereinafter described.

I am well acquainted with a candlestick made of a single wire; but in practice this is found by miners to be very objectionable, because the candle-socket is a contracting spring and tends to crush and fracture the candle, while the sticker-arm, being made to form a part of the candle-socket, cannot be forced or driven into timber without unclamp-.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view; Fig. 2, a bottom plan view, and Fig. 3 a vertical section.

In the drawings, A represents the pointed sticker-arm of my candlestick, made from a single piece of metal, and B the socket-arm with a vertical hook, the two arms being connected by the spring 0, which also forms the handle. I preferably make my candlestick of a single steel rod, square or rectangular in cross-section and pointed at both ends. The arm A is made perfectly straight from the handle 0 to its point, so that it may be readily forced or driven into the timber or crevices of the mine without danger of dropping the candle.

The arm B is bent into coils to form the socket b and at the end to form the hook I), the latter being vertical and connected by an ofiset b with the socket, so that the candle will be held off from anything combustible. The socket b is non-elastic, so as not to clasp the candle, but allow the lower end to rest upon the arm A, whose normal position is across the bottom of socket. The arm A may be pulled outward from the socket until it snaps into a catch-groove b in the bottom coil of the socket, when the remains of the candle may be dropped or pushed out.

What I claim as new is- A one-piece miners candlestick, consisting of the end-pointed straight arm A, arm 13 bent to form socket I), hook I) and offset 19 and the handle-loop C, the said arm B being provided with a catch-groove b as shown and described. A

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two'witnesses.

ALLEN W. POWELL.

Witnesses:

JAMEs W. OUEEAN, THEo. E. GEsKEY. 

